Insert funny joke about old men bickering like children.

okay i think I liked or reblogged every Good Omens 2 post on the posting too much website it’s time to succumb to sleepy bitch disease see all you chucklefucks tomorrow for round 2 where everyone is still destroyed by a category 5 divorce event

suicide and general negativity ig

i hate that english doesn't have a good word for מיואש (filled with despair. hopeless? ig) bc this is how i'm feeling fr

there is just. nothing good. and there is so much bad - both BAD bad bc of the war but also mundane bad bc yknow, Life - that i'm getting so overwhelmed i can't handle anything

my whole month is filled with medical shit and there's probably gonna be even more bc i need more tests and they're all just. such a pain to do (it sounds whiny but genuinely i can't handle them. just thinking abt them makes me so anxious bc they all require lots of painful preparation, sometimes for a few days, and they're so gross and require being poked with needles which my medical trauma certainly isn't helping with. and even tho i did so many already they can't find shit and i'm so tired i'm so done with this body

and like. it'd be one thing if i wanted to live. if i wanted to make my life better or thought it was possible. but by now i know it's not and i know i won't so it just becomes infinitely harder. like if i compare life to being in prison, it feels like the warden decided to torture me just for fun to make it even worse

but there is nothing good there is nothing to look forward to bc everything is shit and nothing's worth it and i hate when ppl tell me to enjoy the little things bc there is nothing to enjoy about them either. i can't have most of them anyway. i wish i could. but this shitty ass body and fucked up brain won't let me

there is no future for me i know i'm never gonna amount to anything when i can't even do the most basic shit about being human, literally how am i gonna be able to fulfill my """"potential"""" when i can't even do stuff like eat or sleep normally. when i can't go outside. when i can't handle being around people. when my body crashes and burns after standing for a few minutes or walking for more than a couple hundred meters. what even IS there for me to achieve in such a state. the only win i can have is getting out of bed and it doesn't feel like a win because i don't. want. to live. i have fucking professionals, people getting paid to help me do at least some of these things, and i can't bring myself to even take the first step bc just thinking about it makes me clam up so bad i can't move or talk and everything starts hurting so much more

there's not even. mundane fun. or joy. bc no one i know has time or energy for that. bc that's just what being an adult is ig. not that there's much to do in order to have fun anyway. like i said nothing to look forward to everything is so shit and nothing actually brings me joy anyway and it's not like i can handle being around people enough to help with that

i was not meant to be alive i am not designed to exist and like at this point I'd assume my who knows how many near death experiences may have been the universe trying to correct the mistake that is my existence and for some reason not managing to pull through the final stretch

i'm so tired i'm so done with this i wish i could be killed in some certain quick way bc i can't. i can't handle any of this. this is too much

and someone fnckin followed be right before i fnckin possted that reblog jdhfhsjdhdb

okay like genuinely these past few days the only stuff that seems to be coming my way on tumblr is negativity towards, and moral condemnation of, characters i like. and at this point i’m like two steps away from biting peoples heads off. like i think if i see one more shit take about a guy i like i’m going to start ripping people apart limb from limb im not even joking

So I finished Hannibal and um. This, actually.

i got prequalifying examinations tomorrow so i can keep being a psych major and if i don't pass those four specific 100 item exams i am not a real psych major and i deserve to get burnt at the stake for my crimes 😀 also i have to repeat the exam if i fail or i'll be forced to shift courses so thats like 3 years of suffering down the drain.

but also i have a confession: i haven't studied at all. so failing is a Very Real Thing bc i foolishly thought id be lucid enough to study during the last week and i am not. i dealt with a good case of summertime sadness (i have depression), spent my summer talking to people on dating apps and crying and going to the movies and playing sims 4 😀 i'm just. failure is very real and very corporeal for me. wish me luck?

akigoro -> voetballers

You two rn:

(Was also going to send it to Lana but it doesn’t have images when you use inbox)

KJFHEFJDSKFSDKLFDS LITERALLY

I love the clown division,,,,

so the wiki states that "Quintus was severely injured, losing his ability to wield his weapon" after fleeing from the capital to the train station. what kind of injuries do you think he had? how were the Ist legion able to handle his wounds with such limited resources? (do you think, had he known of alphinaud and co's ability to heal - or even their medical supplies they brought to broken glass - that it would have swayed his decisions at all? he couldn't have been the only one wounded.)

OKAY SO STRAP YOURSELF IN FOR A LONG RIDE HERE. As you know, my Quintus's primary weapon is a greatsword. Don't get me wrong, he's skilled with a myriad of weapons, but the greatsword along with guns are the ones he is by and far the most proficient with, though he ordinarily reserves his revolver for a last resort.

My headcanon is that he was injured while trying to keep the Tempered, and Vergilia in particular, occupied so that his remaining troops could escape the city with what civilians they had managed to save.

Vergilia basically uses Menenius from Bozja's moveset from his duel, with a few missing skills(thankfully including the fucking landmines); likewise, her gunlance is the same model that Menenius's was. Even in her Tempered state, she still utilized her full arsenal and tricks, including things like the various types of ammunition.

Now, don't get me wrong, I also headcanon that Quintus was able to go toe to toe against Vergilia, because I like to believe that the two were both pretty evenly matched. But Vergilia was Tempered, which means she had no inhibitors to limit her. No emotions like fear, nothing to make her hesitate, no pain threshold to make her stop. That's the crucial difference between her and Quintus. No matter how hard he fought, he wouldn't win, because she would wear him down over time.

So to answer your question -- given the fact that Vergilia uses a gunlance, and retains her tactical prowess even while Tempered(if the instanced battle with her is any indication), I just headcanon that she managed to stagger him with a well-timed explosive ammo round, slashed at his legs with Giga Tempest more than likely to incapacitate him, then gave him another good slashing and impalement in the abdominal region. He would have died from his wounds if a group of his men hadn't gone back to try and help him, and thus rushed him to the safety of the train station where everyone else was gathered.

Why did Vergilia not finish him off? Because he was already as good as dead. She'd done her job of eliminating the threat to Anima's orders, there was no further point in toying with Quintus.

All of that being said, my Quintus suffers injuries to at least one of his legs, but the primary and most grievous wounds are the ones on his abdomen. Those ones specifically are why he isn't able to wield his greatsword anymore; greatswords are heavier and require at least a fair bit of core body strength to swing around, not to mention the amount of stamina and endurance needed to use them effectively, which Quintus now lacks because of those injuries in particular. His leg wounds are the icing on the, forgive my bluntness, shit cake of the situation.

The Ist Legion did what they could for him, but given that they had very limited medical equipment to work with at that moment, the primary concern would be to disinfect the wounds and dress them so that he wouldn't die of infection. (I headcanon that they probably had to rely on things like alcoholic drinks as their primary source of defense against this.) Sutures would have to be rationed between all of the wounded as well, which means that even someone like Quintus would only be able to receive the bare minimum surgically to ensure his survival. Which is fine -- he himself would want it that way, preferring that even those supplies used to stabilize him go to helping someone else instead, though that desire or command was not heeded.

The short of it is, he'd need to be exceedingly careful, because his injuries could and would very easily reopen. So even if his abdominal muscles weren't damaged or destroyed, he still wouldn't be able to wield his greatsword, given that he no longer has the stamina or endurance to keep up with swinging it effectively, and doing so would cause him immense pain and reopen his wounds.

He definitely wasn't the only one who was wounded, on top of those who were falling ill from the stress of the situation combined with the harsh cold from lack of proper heat. However, I don't think his opinion would have changed had he known about the twins' healing magicks, no. Even while injured, he's still incredibly prideful and mistrusting of both outsiders and magick, not to mention the glaring issues of his insistence over not putting themselves in a situation where they'll owe outsiders for their assistance and his negative beliefs towards magick. These stubborn stances along with his immense pride on the matters make him short-sighted to the suffering of the very same people he ordinarily would be so caring towards -- and so he would prioritize self-sufficiency and their survival when it comes to matters of dealing with the sick and wounded, as well as taking back the capital. (It also leads him to choosing to prioritize taking back the capital over taking care of his charges, but that's another story for another time.)

He would, ordinarily, rather die than accept outside help, and doubly so when it comes to being healed with magick.

i love sucrose so much

hi it’s @davesjacobs and you linked that one newspaper article that uksies spot would read and keep. i’ve been meaning to get around to reading it and was wondering if there were any sections that stood out to you?

hiya!! So sorry for the late reply!!

the article is mainly selling the fact that the general of the US forces was lying about how well they were doing in the Philippines implying that they were, in fact, doing terribly (hence why I think Spot would keep this one).

on a quick re-read, the moments where President McKinley is mentioned seems like stand out moments (it’s at the bottom of page 1 and I think they also mention it on the other page I linked?), just from the stand point of an ordinary US citizen, if your president is concerned with something, especially if it’s military based, then it’s pretty sensible to then share that concern. It also emphasises its importance I guess? I’m unsure about the reliability or by how much the article exaggerates as I don’t usually look into US history, but to be honest I don’t think Spot would fact check it so we’ll take it from her perspective

also on the front page there’s another article on a strike (not the newsies strike, but not the trolley strike either I don’t think) which was a cool little coincidence that made me think of Spot!!

I bring that sort of 'is she always... this way or is this a special circumstance?' to the every day that most ppl can only dream about

Hogwarts Legacy Rant

This Hogwarts Legacy bullshit is so irritating (so I’m sorry I’m putting it on your blogs but this is where I come to rant). The narrative that it is Trans people who are the villains and bullies and poor straight people/supposed allies who are the innocent victims of this hate campaign is just completely ludicrous. 

If people want to buy this damn game and play it at home there is nothing stopping them. But when a “proud Queer ally” decides to stream the game on twitch, promoting something that clearly doesn’t need to be promoted then they are going to have to answer some questions. (Kinda like how JK Rowling could have sat at home in her castle and been a quiet bigot but instead decided to dedicate 90% of her brain power to this anti-trans crusade) 

It’s asinine to be surprised that people are upset (and yes some people will inevitably take that too far and send death threats but don’t disingenuously paint every trans person and every trans ally with that same brush - we have all been on the internet too long to use that argument) when people have been talking about this for years at this point. Their request was simple: don’t promote the game. Don’t willfully line the pockets of a monster who has stated that any Harry Potter money that comes her way is agreement with her twisted worldview. 

I am someone who enjoys watching people stream games, I often have it on in the background while I am doing other things. It’s a fun, mindless activity that reminds me of my childhood and watching my brother play doom on the family PC. 

But it hurts seeing people who I have spent years watching and supporting playing the victim here because they couldn’t be bothered to not stream this one fucking wizard game.  

god I wish I could hug them in real life. I’m aching and shaking so hard and they’re Right THERE but I can’t even hold them close